A Political Manual for 1868: Including a Classified Summary of the Important Executive, Legislative, and Politico- Military Facts of the Period from April 1, 1867 to July 15, 1868 |
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... Restoration of several States under it . All the Votes , Acts , Orders , and Papers connected therewith will be found gathered and appropriately classified . The volume contains an abstract of the various new Constitutions and of the ...
... Restoration of several States under it . All the Votes , Acts , Orders , and Papers connected therewith will be found gathered and appropriately classified . The volume contains an abstract of the various new Constitutions and of the ...
Page 269
... restore the Union , consequent upon the struggle , and ( to speak in common phrase ) to prepare as the learned and ... restoration of peace , Speaker of the House of Representatives . harmony , and Union . We have seen hanging upon the ...
... restore the Union , consequent upon the struggle , and ( to speak in common phrase ) to prepare as the learned and ... restoration of peace , Speaker of the House of Representatives . harmony , and Union . We have seen hanging upon the ...
Page 284
... restoration to the War Department . That object was accom- plished , for the interview terminated with the distinct understanding that if , upon reflection , you should prefer not to become a party to the controversy , or should ...
... restoration to the War Department . That object was accom- plished , for the interview terminated with the distinct understanding that if , upon reflection , you should prefer not to become a party to the controversy , or should ...
Page 286
... restoration of the southern States to their proper relations to the government , em- barrass the army in the performance of duties especially imposed upon it by these laws ; and it was to prevent such an appointment that I accepted the ...
... restoration of the southern States to their proper relations to the government , em- barrass the army in the performance of duties especially imposed upon it by these laws ; and it was to prevent such an appointment that I accepted the ...
Page 287
... restoration by the his right by judicial decision . suppose written by yourself in your letter of the 28th ult .: I now give that part of this " history , " as war ad interim , the President asked me my views as to the course Mr ...
... restoration by the his right by judicial decision . suppose written by yourself in your letter of the 28th ult .: I now give that part of this " history , " as war ad interim , the President asked me my views as to the course Mr ...
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Page 327 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.
Page 330 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich ; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 361 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 343 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States...
Page 382 - ... shall be exempt from all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, or local authority...
Page 361 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...
Page 357 - That Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution...
Page 344 - States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 362 - That the government of a Territory, organized by an act of Congress, is provisional and temporary ; and, during its existence, all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by congressional or territorial legislation.
Page 270 - An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867 ; and, also, to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States...